Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Judicial Election Primer 2016- Justice Court

As reported in the comments yesterday, the three finalists for appointment to the Nevada Supreme Court are:

• Elissa F. Cadish, 52, Las Vegas, Judge

• Mark Ralph Denton, 65, Las Vegas, Judge

• Lidia S. Stiglich, 46, Reno, Judge

Some of you already started discussing candidates for bench in justice court, but here's the dedicated post on the topic.

Las Vegas

Department 3: Harmony Letizia v. incumbent Janiece Marshall

Department 6: Rebecca Kern v. appointee Bita Yeager.

Department 7: incumbent Karen Bennett v. Vinny Ginn

Department 13: Shana Bachman v. incumbent Suzan Baucum

Henderson

Department 1: Sam Bateman v. Michael Davidson v. Harvey Gruber v. Gayle Nathan v. Jeffrey Posin v. Shane Zeller (there was no primary for this department as this is a vacancy that is the result of Judge Burr stepping down to go to municipal court due to the untimely passing of Diana Hampton).

Any insights (besides physical appearance) as to why any one of these candidates is better than the others? Any predictions?

48 comments:

Actually the vacancy in Department 1 of Henderson Justice Court is a result of Judge Burr stepping down and then being appointed to fill the vacancy in Municipal Court as a result of Judge Hampton's passing.

As male attorney in town, I think its pretty awesome that a majority of these candidates are women, with a couple of the women being from a minority. Most of them are decently qualified, and shows how far we have come from the good ol boy days and the Halverson era.

You replace my name with Voldemort, so I cant respond, so I cant defend myself. WOW! Look up the definition of coward idiot! I am right here come get me!

On Anat:

Anat Levy was a judge pro tem and referee and thousands of hours in the courtroom in California. She has Nevada and California license, don't hate her cause she is smarter than you. A courtroom is a courtroom..

It has a significant factor. First name on the ballot gains approximately 5 percentage points and the last name if more than 2 people gains about a 3 percentage point advantage. Over the last decade or more, females also gain a significant advantage simply being female.

Anyone get the Veteran's in Politics endorsement email? I think their work is admirable and they bring lot's of issues to the forefront, which allows for discussion. However, I find it unsettling that some of the moderators and sponsors are candidates they endorse. Is that a conflict of interest? I mean if one of your sponsors is Brent Jones it is clear you are going to endorse Brent Jones. They may have endorsed Brent Jones anyways, but it seems to be a clear conflict, yet that same organization is quick to point out and vilify others if they have a conflict.

Which issues, exactly, has he succeeded in bring to the forefront? VIPI is basically his vehicle for promoting himself. He wants to be a heavyweight in NV politics, and the only thing he's done to get there is create an organization whose name sounds impressive as an endorsement. It's as real as if someone got the endorsement of the former International Hotel president, and claimed to have received the endorsement of "International Leaders"

There are some women judges who should be taken out of Family court like yesterday not today... Moss, Elliott and Marquis... Marquis especially, she is dealing clients money granting attorney fees like crazy...she puts parents into jail if they don't pay attorney fees...

Why wasn't a list of "Clark County lawyers rating judges" published like in the past? As a voter, I found this a useful tool in making voting decisions? Where else could I find such a comparison on:1. number of times a judge is overturned2. handing down the maximum sentences 3. choosing drug court rather than incarceration ...Thanks

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